During Bleachers' concert last Tuesday at the Fonda Theater in Los Angeles (which was, coincidentally, the opening night of Lorde's headlining tour in support of Melodrama across the pond in Manchester), Antonoff took a moment mid-way through the set to encourage the audience to listen to silence in a crowded theater....

Rosemarie Alejandrino is a first-generation Filipino-American who was born and raised in the Bay Area. She graduated from UC Berkeley in 2017 with degrees in English and American Studies (Popular Culture & American Mediascapes). She served as the Arts & Entertainment Editor for the Daily Californian, and is the co-founder of FLASH THRIVE Zine Collective. She has been published in East Bay Express, HelloGiggles, Berkeleyside, and Kastor & Pollux. She is passionate about punk subcultures, bagels, Kanye West, musicals, and Disney Channel Original Movies. You can find her making zines (https://issuu.com/flashthrive).